Donald Trump’s post-Late Show victory lap took an AI turn Friday evening.
One day after Stephen Colbert ended his 11-year run as host of The Late Show, Trump shared an AI-generated video on Truth Social depicting himself tossing Colbert into a dumpster on the stage of the Ed Sullivan Theater.
The official White House social accounts also shared the clip.
The video then shows a triumphant Trump doing his familiar “Y.M.C.A.” dance as the Village People song plays.
“Bye-bye,” the White House’s caption read, alongside a waving-hand emoji.
Bye-bye 👋 pic.twitter.com/5dPeXDflyh
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 22, 2026
The AI video marked the third Colbert-related message from Trump in less than 24 hours, following two other posts after Colbert’s final show.
The first arrived roughly an hour after Colbert signed off from CBS Thursday night. “Colbert is finally finished at CBS,” Trump wrote. “Amazing that he lasted so long! No talent, no ratings, no life. He was like a dead person. You could take any person off of the street and they would be better than this total jerk. Thank goodness he’s finally gone!”
Trump followed Friday with a broader shot at late night, writing that Colbert’s “firing” from CBS was the “Beginning of the End” for “untalented, nasty, highly overpaid, not funny, and very poorly rated Late Night Television Hosts.”
“Others, of even less talent, to soon follow,” he added. “May they all Rest in Peace!”
Colbert ended his CBS run Thursday without mentioning Trump by name. His finale leaned instead into sentiment and spectacle, including a sci-fi subplot, a series-ending performance from Paul McCartney, and appearances from fellow late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, and Jon Stewart.
Better hope Trump doesn’t watch Michigan public access TV. As LateNighter first reported, Colbert popped up unannounced on another late-night show late Friday night, returning to Only in Monroe, the (very) low budget cable access show he guest-hosted in the run-up to his CBS debut in 2015.
With all the shit he caused at home and around the world, this is what Drumpf considers important! The thing’s a child that deserves his ass whipped!
WINNING! Like he TROUNCED Kamala. Dumacrats have followers as “leaders.” Chuck miserable Schumer, and Dumb Dubm Haaaakeeem Jeffries. Please, do not project. Even “Hector the Projector” finds your comment to be obtuse.
By appealing to smooth brained racist losers, like you?
POS 86 Trump and appointees. I read MAGA = MAKE AIMING GREAT AGAIN
Even though Trump is boring now
If you’re a soulless ghoul with no sense of humor in you!
Mr. Trump is a scream. lol
They scream their heads off, everytime he does something brain damagingly stupid, which is every day! You’re welcome!
dementia is rough
I know. Dark Brandon is in pretty bad shape. Just like he was for most of his “Residency.” “Hey. Do you ‘got’ any ice cream?
It’s your Dear Infant Drumpf that’s collapsing! He fuckin launched a disasterous war against Iran for no good reason, other than his mind is Swiss cheese!
Enjoy $10 a gallon gasoline you dumbfucks created, loser!
No, I think he meant the subject of this very article (the President in question)
Despite acknowledging his health, our current President has been dozing off, decaying inside and outside his exterior, and targeting the wrong people for antagonism~
All while initiating wars and destroying territories and raising gas prices and tariffs~
Our President is a shell of a “leader”, who’s barely hanging on with his own health~
And this clip is evident he is bonkers deranged about celebrating the death of an American institution in late night